What’s Going To Be In Mekton Zero?

Several people have asked me for a more extensive description of what’s going to be packed into this 200+ page monster. While some of you on the various Mekton boards have seen parts of this over the years, many of you haven’t, so (without taking up the entire site here) this List is just part of what you can expect to find in the Mekton Zero Corebook.

An extensive Historical Background, including:

The Truth About the Aggendi (and the Bendari/Aggendi War)

The Complete Mekton Saga, including:

The Aggendi Wars (Aggendiの星間トカゲは戦う Interstellar Aggendi Lizard Wars) is the English name for the first of the five Mekton Eras. It encompasses the period in which the Bendar Spiral Empire (a race of mostly humanoid civilizations) encounters the Aggendi, a vicious race of reptilian warriors controlled by a race of sessile telepaths called the Paxxani, until the final destruction of the Paxxani. The series arc Algol: Legend of the Vengeance Star centers on the battle between one Bendari battleship and its Aggendi rival, culminating in the establishment of a colony on the distant world of Algol and the struggle to defend it.

The Knight Wars ( 保護装置の戦争はナイト爵に叙する War of the Protector Knights) is the English name for the second of the five Mekton Eras. The series arc Algol:Sword of Freedom takes place after the fall of the First Colony, as the survivors are forced to build a civilization in the wilderness of Algol, protected by the remaining Bendari Mektons from the Fallen Empire. It is also the tale of how one renegade Knight subverted the Compact of the Protectors and established a tyrannical rulership over the descendants of the First Colonists, and how the hero Eloran used the powerful Lost Warrior Mekton to defeat the Knights of Kargan and create a free kingdom.

The Mekton Wars (Mektonの金属の兵士の戦争 War of the Mekton Metal Soldiers ) is the English name for the third of the five Mekton Eras. In the series arc Algol: Defender of the Crown, the descendants of Eloran’s Free Kingdoms (the Elarans), having been exiled from the island of Muria two generations earlier, are attacked by the descendants of the Knights (Kargans) who have been exiled to the distant Southern Continent. In the second series arc, Algol: Battle of the Metal Kingdoms, the original defenders of the Elaran Kingdom are joined by a new group of Mekton Warriors as they drive the Kargan invaders out and free their homeland.

The Archipelago Wars (Archipelaganの島の戦争 War of the Archipelagan Islands) is the English name for the third of the five Mekton Eras. In the series arc, The Never Ending Metal War, both sides battle for control of the vital subcontinent of the Kondurs, hoping to deliver the final knockout punch in the long standing grudge war. In the second series arc, The Colony Home Wars, both sides battle to conquer the only remaining “safe ground” in the coming Ice Age. In the final arc, The Murian Wizard War, all sides converge on the Murian Technomancers and fight for the outcome that will lead to the Final Peace.

Extensive background on:

A Mechanized Society: Technology in a Giant Robot World.

The Kargan Empire

The 7 Kingdoms of Elara

The Ettarran Scattery

including:

History of the Four Nations

Cities of Algol

Culture & Technology of Algol

Military Forces, Training and Doctrine of the Four Nations

National Goals & Objectives

Main Characters ( Princess Ymri, Lord Ebonflack and many others) of the Saga